File-cabinet.



A.IWHITL0W.

FILE CABINET. APPLICATION FILED IAII.2I, I9I4.

. Patented Aug. 10, 1915.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPM C0..WASH|NGTON. D. c.

. there are sides to the casing.

provided with'vertical end members 5 at ,ALM/taiwan wn ITL-ow, or roar naranja, TEXAS.

PELE-CABINET.

T0 all tf1/0m it may concern Be it known that I, ALAMANDER VVH1T- Low, a citizen of the United States, residing at Port Arthur, in the county of Jefferson and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in File-Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a combination safe and revolving iile cabinet, the object of the invention being the safeguarding of the papers place'dwitliin the cabinet, both from fire, and damage byvwater or theft, together with readily operated means for bringing any particular batch of papers or any particular compartment into position where the said papers or the compartment in which papers are to be placed, will be readily accessible. p f

With these objects in view the invention consists in the novel features of construc-l tion hereinafter described, pointed out in the claims and'shown in the accompanying drawings, in which* i Figure l is a horizontal sectiomthe door of the safe being shown in closed position.,l

Fig. 2 through a ments. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same portion of the said compartments.

In constructing the device l employ a circular safe l, within which iscentrally ar` ranged a vertical rod 2 and rotatably mounted upon said rod .is a polygonal casing restingupon the upper end of the rod 2, said rod passing loosely` through the bottom of is an y, enlarged vertical section said casing. In the drawings Ihavefillustrated said casing asbelng octagonal but it may of course have any desired numberoil sides. Carried upon the exteriorfacel of said casing arena plurality of shelves 4, and I have illustrated/said shelvesas being ar# ranged in a plurality of tiers and thereare of course as man'yfshelves in each tierr4 as right angles to each face of the easing, and

between the end members `of each side of each shelf works `a follower block, and as.,v

3 the followerblocks illustrated in- Fig. 6 are preferably of a greater height than the said end members. Each shelf is pro,-

vided midway its ends and upon its upper Specification of Lettersratent;

portionv ofk the filing compartyak shelf arranged thereon, .transversely grooved, a radially arranged Each shelf is Patented Aug. 10, 1915.

Application filed `anuary 21, 1914. Serial No. 813,429.

vsecured as shown in Fig. 8 to the lower edge of the follower blocks 6. Coil springs 9 surround the inner portions of the bolts and tend to pull the follower blocks toward the casing by expansion of said springs, the springsy bearing at one end upon the casing and bein-g suitably fixed tothe inner end of the bolts or provided withV any other suitable form of bearing. Each follower block is provided upon its top with a spring hinged ledge 10 and 11,;one of which incloses the other, are secured to each ledge. rihese clamps servethe purpose of temporarily holding papers to be placed in the compartment back of the follower block, or they may serve for a temporary holding of papers removed from position back of thefblock. As said wires are carried by a hinged ledge they may be throw entirely back out of the way to give ready access to the papers back of the fol-V lower` block. Each, follower block is pr0- vided with a suitable knob l2 by means of which it may be drawn outwardly for the purposek of removing or inserting papers.

The entire device above described is carried entirely within the safe l and is rotatable therein so that any vertical series ,of shelves may be brought into alinement with the door opening of said safe. The details of the; safe proper do not form a partof this invention and are not claimed.

l. in a iile cabinet having a face member, said shelf being rod working through therface member of said cabinet and adapted to travel 1n said i groove, means for normally drawing said rod inwardly, and a follower block adapted to move transversely across said shelf, said block being secured to said rod.

A `file4 cabinet of the kind described comprising la vertical member, a shelf car-` ried by the exterior face ofthe vertical mem* ber, a rod working radially'through said vertical member, a coil spring encircling said rod and secured to the inner end iJ-shaped wire clamps of the rod and bearing on the inner face shelf, e ledge hinged tothe upper edge ofy of the vertical member, and e follower block the block, and spring Clamps carried by said movable transversely aoross'sad shelf, said ledge. e Y,

- Y ALAMANDER WHITLOW.

rlolocl bengvconneoted to the outer end of 5 the rod. Y Y l/Vtnesses: Y

V3.1n :L devloe of the kind described, a, WV. L. RUTAN, shelf, :t follower bleek movable across the TUCKER.

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